Dale Earnhardt Jr. hopes Kentucky Speedway gets paved

Dale Earnhardt Jr. sent out his very first Tweet after winning the Daytona 500 on Sunday.

On Tuesday, Earnhardt Jr. took questions from fans and revealed a request for Kentucky Speedway.

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It's not the first time a driver has been critical of the track. In 2011, Jimmie Johnson told the Enquirer, “It's weird having an inaugural race and thinking the track could use a repave.”

2012 Quaker State 400 champion Brad Keselowski said "it's like running over a freeway that truck drivers have been on and (the road crews) have tried to patch in some spots where (the trucks) made some divots. It's a rough trip."

Sure, some drivers have grumbled but the bumps have given the speedway an identity. Denny Hamlin thinks that's a good thing.

"It is rougher than the other tracks, but that's what makes it Kentucky," Hamlin told Mark Story of Kentucky.com last year. "It is rougher than the other tracks, but that's what makes it Kentucky," said Denny Hamlin. "We don't want smooth, perfect racetracks everyplace we go or else we'd just run the same (race) set-ups everywhere. I enjoy the bumps. To me, that's what makes Kentucky a fun racetrack."